New England - Central Massachusetts & The Berkshires (PDF Chapter)
This is the Central Massachusetts & the Berkshires chapter from Lonely Planet’s New England guidebook.
Artfully blending the cultural and cosmopolitan with the rural and rustic, the Pioneer Valley and the Berkshires offer a tantalizing mix of artistic offerings, leafy college towns, verdant hills and sweet farmland.
- listen to the Boston Symphony as you picnic on the lawn at Tanglewood, Lenox’s legendary music festival
- maps
- ramble about the USA’s largest contemporary art museum, MASS MoCA
- transport
- watch an outdoor performance at one of the top summer dance festivals, at Jacob’s Pillow
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Central Massachusetts, Worcester, Sturbridge, Pioneer Valley, Springfield, Northampton, Amherst, Shelburne Falls, The Berkshires, Great Barrington & Around, Stockbridge, Lee, Lenox, Pittsfield, Williamstown, North Adams, Mt Greylock State Reservation.
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